• By Deanna Kamienski, Beth Allan, Steven Muntner, Amanda Micklus, and Maureen Riordan
Derived from Strategic Transactions, Informa’s premium source for tracking life sciences deal activity, the Venture Funding Deals column provides a monthly review of emerging In Vitro Diagnostic, Medical Device, and Pharmaceutical companies that have received venture funding. This month’s column covers deals announced February through March 2016.
Several biotech execs said they don’t expect much impact from the Trump administration’s threatened tariffs but are reviewing business practices to prepare.
The biopharma sector made acquisitions with total potential value of $33.6bn during Q1, up substantially from the $9.5bn of Q4 2024, according to data from Evaluate.
Chinese biopharma companies’ alliance strategies are transitioning from immediate cash needs to more strategic management of portfolios, as MNCs continue to hunt for derisked assets.
The biotech has rejected a takeover bid from Nordic Capital but a sale to private equity could be a solution to the public market's continued reluctance to adequately value PureTech’s hub-and-spoke business model.
A letter to US Senate HELP Committee Chair Bill Cassiday sounds an alarm about irreparable damage to the FDA, signed by more than 200 biotech executives and investors.
Evaluate data show that biopharma companies raising cash in the smallest and largest categories of venture capital financings struggled to meet bars set in prior quarters.